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The Sri Lanka Scout Association (Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකා බාලදක්ෂ සංගමය; Tamil: இலங்கைச் சாரணர் சங்கம்), the national Scouting organization of Sri Lanka, was founded in 1912, and became a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement in 1953.
Iroha karuta (Japanese: いろはかるた) is an easier-to-understand matching game for children, similar to Uta-garuta but with 96 cards. Instead of poems, the cards represent the 47 syllables of the hiragana syllabary and adds kyō ( 京 , "capital") for the 48th (since the syllable -n ん can never start any word or phrase).
Competitive karuta is a one-on-one game, facilitated by a reciter (card reader) and a judge. All official matches use cards made by Oishi Tengudo.. 50 torifuda cards are randomly selected from the total of 100; the 50 cards that are not selected are excluded from the game and are known as karafuda (dead cards or ghost cards).
The series debuted in 2007, and its popularity has boosted the popularity of competitive karuta in Japan and abroad. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] In the manga and anime series Nanbaka , uta-garuta is the 3rd Event of the New Year Joint Cooperation tournament.
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In 1918, Sri Lankan Girl Guide Association joined hands with the London Association. The first 'Anual General Meeting' was held in 1919. In 1921 Ranger companies were opened in Kandy and Colombo. The first Guide company in Colombo was opened at Methodist College. Lord and Lady Baden-Powell came to Sri Lanka to visit it.
Teika's anthology is the basis for the card game of karuta, which has been popular since the Edo period. [12] Many forms of playing games with Hyakunin Isshu exist in Japan, such as Uta-garuta, the basis for competitive karuta (kyōgi karuta). [13]
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